Better Policies, Better Schools: Theories and Applications

This book brings together the latest research on the policy-making process and theories of policy studies, and applies them to key policy areas. Policies are examined using 4 frameworks or “policy lenses”—normative, structural, constituent and technical—are used to enable students to view policy in a range of complexity. The authors have incorporated real world examples and vignettes and divided the text into 3 distinct parts—Theory, Process, Application to make information accessible and useful.